Health Care's Forgotten Majority: Nurses And Their Frayed White Collars [Hardcover]

Discussion regarding health care in the United States usually centers around the doctors and insurance companies. This book deals with one group that is largely overlooked: nurses. As an example of white collar workforce, nurses are segmented by class. Amongst this group is a class-conscious working class, a status-conscious nursing management and a class- and status-conscious mid-level. This book focuses on nurses' positions in the labor process and their reaction to that labor process, their choice of collective strategy (trade unionism, professional unionism, or professionalization), and why they choose these roles.JACQUELINE GOODMAN-DRAPER is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at State University of New York, Potsdam College. She received a National Science Foundation Award to conduct research for this book and a Nuala McGann Drescher SUNY Award to write it during research leave. She has received numerous other research grants and published several articles.

Preface
Introduction
Rise of the White Collar Worker, Ideology of Professionalism, and White Collar Strategies: The Case of Nursing
Nurses' Class Position
Visions of Professionalism: A Window on Class Identity
Conclusion (or, Where Does the Frayed Collar Go From Here?)
Appendix A: Professional Nurse Survey
Appendix B: Survey Coding
Appendix C: New York State Nurses Association: Questions and Answers about Entry into Practice
References
Index